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CPUID site hijacked to serve malware instead of HWMonitor downloads 2026-04-10 at 17:22 By Carly Page Six-hour breach turned trusted links into a coin toss between legit tools and credential stealers Visitors to the CPUID website were briefly exposed to malware this week after attackers hijacked part of its backend, turning trusted download links into […]

Amazon would rather shareholders did not look too closely at carbon footprint 2026-04-10 at 17:22 By Dan Robinson Investors urged to reject proposal for more disclosure on whether AWS expansion risks climate goals Amazon’s board of directors is urging shareholders to reject a proposal that would have the megacorp disclose more information on the impact

Suits won’t quit AI spending, even if they can’t prove it’s working 2026-04-10 at 17:22 By Lindsay Clark Forget about investment value! Call it a ‘strategic enabler for enterprise‑wide transformation,’ says KPMG Most UK business leaders will keep AI at the top of their spending priorities, with 65 percent planning to maintain investment whether they

GlassWorm Campaign Uses Zig Dropper to Infect Multiple Developer IDEs 2026-04-10 at 17:22 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the ongoing GlassWorm campaign, which employs a new Zig dropper that’s designed to stealthily infect all integrated development environments (IDEs) on a developer’s machine. The technique has been discovered in an Open VSX extension named “specstudio.code-wakatime-activity-tracker,”

School’s Out, But Security’s Not: Preparing for K-12 Summertime Security 2026-04-10 at 15:05 By To best prepare for the summer months, school security leaders must understand how the threats they face change once the school year ends. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Brain scientist warns that we’re heading for an AI-fueled ‘dementia crisis’ 2026-04-10 at 14:45 By Tracy Swartz “Anyone claiming we need more proof before taking this seriously is applying a standard of certainty they don’t apply to anything else they care about,” neuroscientist Vivienne Ming told The Post. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

Britain seeks views before it drops the hammer on signal jammers 2026-04-10 at 14:45 By Connor Jones Four-week call for evidence intended to help shape laws aimed at devices linked to crime The UK government is seeking views on radiofrequency jammers as it prepares legislation to ban the controversial devices.… This article is an excerpt

Project Glasswing and open source software: The good, the bad, and the ugly 2026-04-10 at 14:45 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Just what FOSS developers need – a flood of AI-discovered vulnerabilities Opinion  Anthropic describes Project Glasswing as a coalition of tech giants committing $100 million in AI resources to hunt down and fix long-hidden vulnerabilities

Britain’s biggest nuclear site skips competition, hands SAP £33M to start ERP switch 2026-04-10 at 14:45 By Lindsay Clark Sellafield says sticking with German giant is only way off legacy ECC before support runs dry The government-owned company that runs the UK’s most important nuclear site has begun plans to replace its legacy SAP ERP

Browser Extensions Are the New AI Consumption Channel That No One Is Talking About 2026-04-10 at 14:45 By While much of the discussion on AI security centers around protecting ‘shadow’ AI and GenAI consumption, there’s a wide-open window nobody’s guarding: AI browser extensions.  A new report from LayerX exposes just how deep this blind spot goes, and why AI extensions

Fewer than 3 in 10 register for HMRC’s Making Tax Digital shake-up 2026-04-10 at 11:48 By Paul Kunert Most sole traders and landlords ignore marketing campaigns, though fines are coming Fewer than three-tenths of those required to sign up for quarterly software-based Making Tax Digital (MTD) reporting for the latest tax year that started this

Google Rolls Out DBSC in Chrome 146 to Block Session Theft on Windows 2026-04-10 at 11:16 By Google has made Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) generally available to all Windows users of its Chrome web browser, months after it began testing the security feature in open beta. The public availability is currently limited to Windows users on Chrome 146, with

Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers 2026-04-10 at 10:37 By Unknown threat actors have hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla to push a poisoned version containing a backdoor. The incident impacts Smart Slider 3 Pro version 3.5.1.35 for WordPress, per WordPress security company Patchstack.

AWS ponders selling its home-grown chips by the rack-load, has almost sold out AI capacity 2026-04-10 at 08:57 By Simon Sharwood Annual CEO letter reveals two customers want all Graviton servers, huge drone rollout, a million robots, and more megalomania Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Thursday delivered his annual letter to shareholders and it’s full

Microsoft cuts cloudy desktop prices by 20 percent, warns they’ll wake up slowly 2026-04-10 at 06:18 By Simon Sharwood Just in time to get buyers thinking as physical PC prices rise Microsoft has told its channel partners to get ready for a 20 percent price cut for Windows 365 cloud PCs, effective May 1st.… This

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access 2026-04-10 at 06:14 By Simon Sharwood Everyone gets 400kbps access, oldies get expanded caps, and leaky telcos get a rap over the knuckles Universal basic income is an idea that hasn’t gained much traction, but South Korea on Thursday implemented a universal basic mobile data access scheme.…

Chatbots are great at manipulating people to buy stuff, Princeton boffins find 2026-04-10 at 02:29 By Thomas Claburn Urge restraints before AdLand does this without appropriate disclosures Large language models can be very persuasive, and researchers say that’s a problem when they’re used to create advertising.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Kindle users in uproar over latest update — rendering oldest devices virtually unusable: ‘F–k You!’ 2026-04-09 at 23:39 By Asia Grace They’re e-reading Amazon the riot act.  Bookworms are lighting torches and sharpening their pitchforks in fiery fury as Amazon prepares to cease supporting older Kindle technologies this spring.  “Starting May 20, 2026, customers using Kindle and

Most Americans are using AI — but people are sick and tired of hearing about it: survey 2026-04-09 at 23:39 By SWNS The fatigue is setting in — according to a new survey, a majority of Americans are now using AI to some degree, but 54% are “getting tired of hearing” about the budding technology.

Meta rolls out new AI model in ‘fundamental shift’ in latest effort to catch up with rivals 2026-04-09 at 23:39 By Ariel Zilber The company unveiled Muse Spark, its first major AI model since overhauling its AI division and pouring billions into talent and infrastructure. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |